The Porter, later Horsbrugh-Porter Baronetcy, of Merrion Square

Merrion Square

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 in the City and County of Dublin, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 22 July 1902 for the Irish

Ireland

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 lawyer, judge and Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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 politician Andrew Porter

Sir Andrew Porter, 1st Baronet

Sir Andrew Marshall Porter, 1st Baronet PC, QC was an Irish lawyer and judge.-Background and education:Porter was born in Belfast, the son of Reverend John Scott Porter...

. He served as Solicitor-General for Ireland

Solicitor-General for Ireland

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 from 1881 to 1882, as Attorney-General for Ireland

Attorney-General for Ireland

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 from 1882 to 1883 and as Master of the Rolls for Ireland

Courts of the Republic of Ireland

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 from 1883 to 1906. The second Baronet assumed the additional surname of Horsbrugh in 1911.

Porter, later Horsbrugh-Porter, of Merrion Square (1902)

• Sir Andrew Marshall Porter, 1st Baronet
  Sir Andrew Porter, 1st Baronet
  Sir Andrew Marshall Porter, 1st Baronet PC, QC was an Irish lawyer and judge.-Background and education:Porter was born in Belfast, the son of Reverend John Scott Porter...
  
   (1837–1919)
• Sir John Scott Horsbrugh-Porter, 2nd Baronet (1871–1953)
• Sir Andrew Marshall Horsbrugh-Porter, 3rd Baronet (1907–1986)
• Sir John Simon Horsbrugh-Porter, 4th Baronet (b. 1938)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is Andrew Alexander Marshall Horsbrugh-Porter (b. 1971)